From Our Scientific Advisors

The ever-increasing number of consumers on-the-go has decreased the number of cosmetics they carry with them. Thus, innovators have responded with multitasking products and packaging. In addition, facial recognition smartphone apps have enhanced the consumer’s experience with color cosmetics, analyzing hues and color imperfections and making recommendations on the spot—even instantly transcribing changes to the face. Can this replace the trial-and-error of the past?

Finally! This book offers practical approach to the formulation chemist’s day-to-day endeavors by: addressing the innumerable challenges facing the chemist both in design and at bench, such as formulating with/for specific properties; offering valuable “tips” to troubleshooting issues regarding ingredient selection and interaction, regulatory concerns that must be addressed early in development, and the extrapolation of preservative systems; exploring the advantages and limitations of raw materials; addressing scale-up and pilot production process and concerns; and much more.Order your copy today.

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